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Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (TGM)

“The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials is a tool for indexing visual materials by subject and by genre/format. The thesaurus includes more than 7,000 subject terms and 650 genre/format terms to index types of photographs, prints, design drawings, ephemera, and other pictures. In 2007, the subject and genre/format vocabularies, previously maintained separately, were merged into a single list.”

General information
Vocabulary type: 
thes
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Purpose: 

“These standardized subject, genre, format and image process terms and their cross-references offer a means for exploring topics and types of images represented in Prints & Photographs Division collections.”

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
alph
full
Relationship types: 
eq_pri_eq
hier_bn
rel_t
Terms and Conditions
Import/download instructions : 
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division